Hi All
Ive been an avid reader of this group since being diagnosed with Colon Cancer in March 2014.
Its been a battle ever since that day. I did my sigmoid colectomy in April 2014 (diagnosed Stage IIIa) and then did my chemo from May to November. The drugs of choice were the classic Xeloda and Oxaliplatin.
In the interim I developed:
- A pulmonary embolism from the Chemo (I am on warfarin)
- A large incisional hernia
- Hand and Foot syndrome (suffer from terrible finger numbness and feet feel like concrete).
I also picked up a superbug in hospital in September (C-Diff) and had anaphlactic shock on my last dose of oxaliplatin.
The problem I have now is i cant exercise much whilst im trying to get rid of the Embolism and at the same time my body feels out of whack and I not really able to lose weight.. In fact I keep putting on weight. Since I had my operation I put on 20Kilograms (44 pounds)!!!
Apparently the chemo and steroids they gave me during chemo are still in my body and are causing these problems.
Has anyone else experienced weight gain post chemo? I am starting to feel abnormal.
Can anyone offer me any advice?
Many Thanks
Tzonni